跟頭蟲

Chinese

		fall; somersault	animal; insect
trad. (跟頭蟲)		跟頭	蟲
simp. (跟头虫)		跟头	虫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēntouchóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gan¹ tau⁴ cung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēntouchóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gento̊uchóng
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-tʻou⁵-chʻung²
    • Yale: gēn-tou-chúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.touchorng
    • Palladius: гэньтоучун (gɛnʹtoučun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēntouchóngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ ㄔㄨㄥˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gento̊uchóngr
    • Wade–Giles: kên¹-tʻou⁵-chʻung²-ʼrh
    • Yale: gēn-tou-chúngr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gen.touchorngl
    • Palladius: гэньтоучунр (gɛnʹtoučunr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯² ʈ͡ʂʰʊ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gan¹ tau⁴ cung⁴
    • Yale: gān tàuh chùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gan¹ tau⁴ tsung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gen¹ teo⁴ cung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹/

Noun

跟頭蟲

1. (colloquial) wiggler; wriggler; mosquito larva

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 孑孓 (“wriggler; wiggler; mosquito larva”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蜎
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		孑孓
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟頭蟲兒
	Harbin	跟頭蟲兒
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跟頭蟲, 跟頭蟲子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打老鬼, 孑孓
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	跟頭蟲兒, 孑孓
	Wanrong	顛倒子, 水擔圪斗
	Xuzhou	孑孓, 跟頭蟲
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	跟頭蟲
	Ürümqi	跟頭蟲
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟斗兒蟲, 沙蟲子
	Wuhan	跟頭蟲
	Guiyang	跟斗蟲
	Guilin	孑孓
	Liuzhou	跟斗蟲
Cantonese	Guangzhou	孑孓, 沙蟲, 沙屎蟲, 蚊蟲, 紅蟲
	Hong Kong	沙蟲
	Kaiping (Chikan)	逕蟲
	Nanning	沙蟲
	Wuzhou	沙蟲
	Yulin	曲曲蛆
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	沙蟲
Gan	Pingxiang	沙蟲
Hakka	Meixian	屎蛆仔, 水蛆仔, 蛆仔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	沙蟲
	Yudu	沙蟲子
Huizhou	Jixi	打滾蟲
Jin	Taiyuan	道跌子
	Pingyao	卜來來
	Xinzhou	吊孑子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	變魚蟲
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	把啷鼓墜
Southern Min	Xiamen	車蛆, 蛆
	Quanzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Jinjiang	車蛆
	Zhangzhou	車蛆, 蛆
	Tainan	水蛆
	Shantou	蛆
	Leizhou	蛆蟲
	Haikou	雨蟲
Puxian Min	Putian	蛆, 蛆蟲
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	蛆
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	蛆
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	蛆蟲
	Xianyou	蛆
	Xianyou (Fengting)	蛆
	Xianyou (Youyang)	蛆
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蠓蟲
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	沙蟲
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	沙蟲
Wu	Shanghai	打拳蛆
	Shanghai (Chongming)	孓襻蟲
	Suzhou	打拳蟲
	Danyang	水孑孓, 彎蟲
	Hangzhou	倒督蟲兒
	Ningbo	棲蟲
	Wenzhou	蛆蟲
	Jinhua	骨骨蟲, 各各蟲
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	糞缸蟲
Xiang	Changsha	沙蟲子
	Loudi	紅紗蟲